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Goombah and similar forms derived as an alteration or Anglicized spelling of the common Southern Italian familiar term of address, cumpà, the apocoped oxytone form of the word cumpari found in Southern Italian dialects and compare found in Standard Italian, which denotes a companion or friend.
A giant Goomba called Mega Goomba appears as a boss in New Super Mario Bros. In Super Mario Odyssey, Goombas sometimes wear hats that depend on what kingdom they are in. They can be captured, which allows them to form Goomba Towers. In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, some Goombas sleep and will not attack the player if he wakes up the Goomba.
Variants of the Goomba may have wings, known as the Paragoomba, and similar creatures include the Galoomba, which flips over and can be thrown when stomped on, and the Goombrat, which turns at edges. [148] The Goombas have their own king, King Goomba (also called Goomboss), introduced as the first boss in Paper Mario. [149]
Goomba, Goombah, or Gumbah may refer to: Goombah , a slang term referring to people of Italian descent, mainly in the United States Goomba , a species from the Super Mario video game series
Other words are in Italiese (goombah, from cumpà, literally godson/godfather but more broadly fellow countryman, and 'jadrool' or 'cidrule", a stupid person, closely related to cetriolo, Italian for "cucumber", but in Sicilian meaning jackass. The word tiavanna is a malapropism for Tijuana.
Goombah is a dialectical distortion of the Italian word compare, meaning godfather, accomplice, or old pal. Goombah is not a dialectical distortion of "compare," the word for godfather is "padrone." It isn't the distortion as noted, but it does indeed mean "mentor" and "godfather" in the sense of someone older who takes an active interest in ...
Figo may also mean someone really skilled in doing something. When referring to a woman, the term strafiga means "smoking hot". The derived term figata means something cool. A less common synonym, mainly used in Rome and Naples respectively, is fregna [46] and fessa. (even if fessa, m. fesso, can simply mean pussy, but also stupid girl)
Goombay is a form of Bahamian music and a drum used to create it. The drum is a membranophone made with goat skin and played with the hands. The term Goombay has also symbolized an event in the Bahamas, for a summer festival with short parades known as ‘Junkanoo’.